Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $51,191.00 from the Supreme Court of Ohio, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Department of Pretrial and Probation Services of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will fund the upgrade and purchase of pre-trial/risk assessment technology and training for the Probation Department to improve the operational efficiency of the arraignment process.
Emergency Legislation is requested so the grant funds can be used as close to the start date as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT $51,191.00 will be expended from the General Governmental Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the Supreme Court of Ohio in the amount of $51,191.00 to fund the upgrade and purchase of pre-trial/risk assessment technology and training for the Department of Probation Services; to appropriate $51,191.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($51,191.00)
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WHEREAS, a grant from the Supreme Court of Ohio in the amount of $51,191.00 has been awarded to provide upgrades, training, and equipment for pre-trial/risk assessment operations in the Franklin County Municipal Court, Department of Pretrial and Probation Services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court in that it is immediately necessary to authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge to accept the aforementioned grant to improve the operational efficiency of the arraignment process, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $51,191.00 from the Supreme Court of Ohio.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated balance in the general government grant fund, fund 2220, the sum of $51,191.00 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court according to the account codes in the attachment.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grant is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.